The Gold Standard For Town-Gown Relations

A conference Of Univeristy city mayors praises the Penn-Philadelphia relationship as a 'model of the way universities and cities can work together'.

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November 21, 2005, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

As Philadelphia's largest employer Penn has worked together with the city on housing, business and a K-8 public school partnership. "During a three-day conference about universities' relationships with their cities, Providence, R.I., Mayor David Cicilline said that Penn has been "the model of the way universities and cities can work together."

"Former Penn President Judith Rodin, who attended the conference, worked to revitalize the community during her 10-year term through the West Philadelphia Initiatives.

"What universities had to learn was to be a good citizen," Rodin said. "For many of us, that was a very hard lesson to learn. ... We have to better appreciate the part of the sector that isn't going to leave."

Thanks to CollegeTownLife

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Friday, November 18, 2005 in The Daily Pennsylvanian

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